Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
9th International Entomopathogens and Microbial Control Congress, Trabzon, Türkiye, 28 - 31 Ekim 2024, ss.88, (Özet Bildiri)
Elm tree species have an important area in our country in terms of use in parks and gardens in
landscaping, in industrial areas such as wood and timber production, and in the field of health
as a medicinal plant with the aspect of treating many diseases. There are abiotic and biotic
factors affecting this tree species used in many areas of human life. In particular, biotic factors
can cause serious damage to elm trees leading to deaths. Xanthogaleruca luteola (Coleoptera:
Chrysomelidae), known as ‘elm leaf beetle’, is one of the biotic factors. This species, which is
a monophagous pest, feeds only on elm. In this study, we investigated the culturable bacterial
flora of Xanthogaleruca luteola to find new microbes that could be used as a possible microbial
control agent against the pest and isolated a total of 9 bacterial isolates from larvae and
carcasses. The isolates were identified by morphological, biochemical and molecular methods.
We sequenced the partial sequence of the 16S rRNA gene to confirm the traditional
identification. According to these results, the isolates were identified as XL-1 Pantoea
agglomerans, XL-3 Staphylococcus warneri, XL-4 Raoutella sp., XL-5 Staphylococcus
pasteuri, XL-6, XL-7 Serratia marcescens, XL-8 Staphylococcus hominis, XL-9 Serratia sp.,
XL-10 Klebsiella aerogenes.